Every Bias Explained in 8 Minutes

What does the bias blind spot refer to?

• The tendency to see better out of one eye

• The inability to recognize faces

• The tendency to ignore information that contradicts one's beliefs

• The tendency to think one is less affected by cognitive biases than others

What is the gambler's fallacy?

• The tendency to gamble excessively

• The belief that future probabilities are altered by past events

• The tendency to underestimate risks in gambling

• The belief that one can influence luck

What does omission bias involve?

• Preferring actions over inactions

• Judging harmful actions as worse than equally harmful inactions

• Ignoring important information

• Forgetting to complete tasks

What is the proportionality bias?

• The tendency to underestimate large numbers

• The preference for proportional representations

• The tendency to divide equally

• The belief that big events have big causes

What is the moral credential effect?

• Giving oneself permission to be less good after doing something good

• The tendency to forget moral values over time

• Judging others' morality based on their credentials

• The effect of credentials on moral judgments

What is the self-serving bias?

• The preference for self-made products

• The bias towards self-help books

• The tendency to serve oneself before others

• The tendency to claim more responsibility for successes than failures

What does the framing effect describe?

• The bias towards using frames in web design

• The tendency to draw different conclusions from the same information based on its presentation

• The effect of one's physical frame on their personality

• The tendency to prefer pictures in frames

What is the actor-observer bias?

• The bias against actors in social situations

• The preference for observing rather than participating

• The tendency to prefer movies over plays

• The tendency for explanations of others' behaviors to overemphasize personality

What is the picture superiority effect?

• The belief that pictures are superior to words

• The tendency to remember pictures better than words

• The preference for picture books

• The effect of pictures on memory recall

What is outcome bias?

• The effect of bias on decision outcomes

• The preference for outcomes that are biased

• The tendency to judge a decision by its outcome

• The bias towards positive outcomes